Supervising Social Worker - Fostering Team - Slough - Sanctuary Personal

Sanctuary Personnel Ltd; Slough; On-site; GBP 38,000 - 46,000; Full time

Job summary

A recruitment agency is seeking a Supervising Social Worker to join the Fostering Team in Slough. The role involves supervising foster carers, building relationships, and ensuring the safeguarding of children. Candidates must have a Social Work Qualification or equivalent and an understanding of relevant legislation. This position pays up to £45,460 per annum and is full-time.

Qualifications

• A Social Work Qualification or equivalent is required.
• Understanding of relevant legislation is essential.
• Registered or eligible for registration.

Responsibilities

• Ensure children placed with foster carers are safeguarded.
• Build positive relationships with foster carers.
• Provide supervision to a caseload of foster carers.
• Complete assessments and case planning for foster carers.
• Undertake direct work with children to understand their lived experiences.
• Provide support to foster carers managing challenging behavior.
• Ensure foster carers receive appropriate training for care.

Skills

Understanding of relevant legislation

Social Work Qualification or equivalent

Job description

Supervising Social Worker – Fostering Team

Sanctuary Personnel, an innovative and committed recruitment agency has a new permanent position available for a Supervising Social Worker within the Fostering Team to work full time based in Slough.

The salary for this permanent Supervising Social Worker job is up to £45,460 per annum.

• Ensure the children placed with foster carers are safeguarded and foster carers are fully aware of their duties and responsibilities in line with all regulations and standards and with policies, procedures, guidance and financial, legal and insurance information.
• Build positive relationships with foster carers and the children placed with them.
• Provide supervision to a caseload of foster carers.
• Provide assessment, case planning and review of the foster carers ensuring timelines are met as laid down by the IFA and within the National Minimum Standards for Fostering in terms of completing these pieces of work.
• Complete references and checks for potential and approved foster carers.
• Undertake direct work with children to understand their lived experience within the foster placement.
• Give support and guidance to foster carers to help them manage their responses and feelings arising from caring for children, particularly when challenging behaviour is presented.
• Work with other partners and stakeholders to ensure the voice of the child and their wishes and feelings are taken into account in aspects of their care.
• Ensure foster carers receive appropriate training in order to provide care and support, health and safety, enjoyment, education and preparation for the future of the children in their care.
• Provide support and guidance to ensure foster carers access the correct stakeholders when ensuring the children achieve their full potential in educational attainment.
• Ensure the safeguarding of children/young people in line with the role and responsibilities.
• Undertake any other duties as commensurate with the level of responsibility of the role.
• Undertake any other duties as commensurate with the level of responsibility of the role.

Requirements of this role:

• A Social Work Qualification or equivalent.
• Understanding of relevant legislation.
• Registered or eligible for registration.

Contact:

This Supervising Social Worker job is advertised by Alex Moon; if you are interested in this position please click above to apply now.

Due to the high volume of applications, we receive, regretfully we are only able to respond to candidates who meet our clients’ requirements.

As a pioneer of diverse recruitment, Sanctuary Personnel is proud to encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds as our pool of candidates is very much reflective of the clients that candidates will support within their role. This very much played a significant in previously winning ‘Best Candidate Care’ at the Recruiter Awards as well being a two-time finalist for the same award.

Sanctuary takes great pride in building candidate and client relationships that promote Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI).

With recruitment consultants and all other employees undertaking annual online training on EDI and many other compliance training courses, Sanctuary is best placed to undertake a fair and thorough selection process.

Reasonable Adjustments:

If you consider yourself to have a disability or require any reasonable adjustment during the recruitment process or within the workplace, please highlight this at the earliest opportunity. With this information, we will provide appropriate support to you throughout the process and into your work placement.

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